Author: Daniela

  • Day at Night: Ray Bradbury

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  • Through the arch of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

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    Originally posted on Joshi Daniel Photography: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Fascinating “Facts”: Stanton Drew, folklore magnet

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    Originally posted on The Heritage Journal: When it comes to folklore memes at ancient sites, there are several stories which occur again and again around the country. But at most sites, these stories are singular. Stanton Drew in Somerset is a little bit different. A complex of features, known collectively as ‘The Weddings’ including the…

  • Real Beauty Stays With You

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah draws a distinction between the “pretty” and the “beautiful”: I think Kant was right in that beauty is a word that belongs to sensation. It has to strike the senses, whether it’s the ear or the eye. And I think he was right in that it’s…

  • Photo of the Day

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    Mumbai born, Brooklyn based photographer Manjari Sharma is on a mission to create contemporary photographs of ancient spiritual figures. The complex and colorful visual stylings, normally rendered from the depths of mythology and the imagination, take unprecedented physical shape before Sharma’s camera lens. Her photographs, composed from scratch, measure at a whopping six feet high, their grand…

  • Meteorites May be Responsible for Life on Earth

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    The Pentagon Post features an article by Ike Miller that delves into a fascinating hypothesis of how meteorites may have been responsible for life on earth: Scientists were surprised to find that a meteorite that landed in California in 2012 contained all the essential ingredients necessary for the evolution of life. The Meteorite that exploded…

  • Stop Nestlé from Stealing

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    Nestlé is taking 265 million liters of fresh Canadian water every year to bottle and sell off around the world — and it does not pay a penny. At a time when water is in short supply around the world, it is outrageous that Nestlé can draw limitless amounts of our natural resources to sell…

  • The Climate For Chaos

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell see evidence that climate change and drought helped cause the Syria conflict. Here’s Femia: We found it very interesting that right up to the day before the revolt began in Daraa, many international security analysts were essentially predicting that Syria was immune to the Arab Spring. They…

  • Shut Up and Listen – Cont’d.

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    Peasant communities all over the world are beginning to realize that, although intensive agriculture might boost crop yields in the short term with seemingly little effort, in the long term it pollutes water sources and depletes the soil.  Many have decided to abandon intensive agriculture and revert to the traditional farming practices used by their ancestors for…

  • Fela Kuti

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    The musical style of Felá is called Afrobeat, a style he largely created, which is a complex fusion of Jazz, Funk, Ghanaian/Nigerian High-life, psychedelic rock, and traditional West African chants and rhythms. Afrobeat also borrows heavily from the native “tinker pan” African-style percussion that Kuti acquired while studying in Ghana with Hugh Masekela, under the uncanny Hedzoleh Soundz.[15] The importance of the…